Wichita eagle., 1887-06-01
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WOMAN AND HOME.
DESCRIPTION OF TWO cHARMINGLY
DECORATED "WHiTE ROOMS
Education for the Homo-The Beginning
Of Crime Notes on Beauty - Wise
demonstrating Her ChOic0-House-
hold Decorat iOn-Siray Items.

demonstrating Her ChOico-House-
hold Decoration-Siray Items.
No sooner had We finished our house in
sombsr colors with dark mahogany and early
English furniture of black oak, which ap-
peared worm eaten, if it really was not
when, lol the dealers inaugurate a perfect
craze in white furniture, light colored up
helstered goods, and from the dignified and
aristocratic English or colonial styles We be-
come imbued with the period of Louis Qulnze.
However, the dark, rich furniture Is too
beautiful to give up without a struggle. and
fashion now dictates that those who can afford
It shall have each room in their residence
furnished to represent not only distinct
period, but a certain country as well. Thus
we have English rooms, French rooms, colo
NAL, Egyptian and japanese apartments, &C
cording TO the purse or fancy.
The first white room built in New York
Of any prominence is tue music room in the
Willard mansion, now owned and occupied by
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid The floor is highly
polished i'll light colored woods, and the EN-
tire apartment is of ivory white, picked out
with gold, and in the panels of the walls
medallions Of lutes, ribbons and scrolls OF
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floor of polished wood. with here and there
white Astrakhan rug; the furniture is OF
white picked cut with gold, upholstered In
white satin brocade; TIE curtains and other
draperies are white plush embroidered with
gold; the picture frames are white and gold,
Q white easel stands in one corner, and
white and gold piano. 1t makes a most beau
tful apartment.
Not long ago the writer described this room
to a clever young wife who lives in an ad-
jacent town. She has comparatively little
money, but excellent taste; recently she in
vited mo to see her "white room" which she
surprised me by stating was all the result Of
her own ingenuity, and cost but little. The
wood floor had been stained and polished to
look like cherry, and several white fox rugs,
which cost about $3.50, were laid here and
there. She had bought several Of the tripod
legged tables with pine tops. The legs she
painted white with gilt lines, using the liquid
gliding. The tops We're covered with white
plush. trimmed with yellow satin bows ct the
corners and gold fringe. She also made
mantiv scarf of white plush, trimmed with
yellow bows. An old fashioned, high backed
kitchen chair she painted white and made it
a yellow plush cushion. One of the ordinary
Shaker rocking chairs was also painted white
and gold, and over the red and black braided
seat she had tackled white felt, with some yell
low flowers embroidered upon it, while the
back was decorated with yellow Chinese
silk scarf. Plants grew In common flower
pots painted white; An easel was made of pine.
painted white, while over the mantel was an
old fashioned oval mirror, such as were used
fifteen years ago. Between windows she had
hung the mirror lengthwise and painted its
common black walnut frame white looping
white silk scarf, with golden figures, around
It A milking stool, also painted white, with
q bunch Of yellow flowers painted upon the
seat, stood in q corner; at the windows were
white China silk curtains, tied back with yell
low bows. These curtains, being of the same
material as silk handkerchiefs, of course,
wash as well
Old. disused walnut picture frames were
also painted and gilded to match the other
articles. And a beautiful wall bracket was
made of a square of pine boards, to which
was nailed three little shelves put on irregular
ly like three steps. This also was painted
white, gilded on the edges Of the shelves, and
hung up by screw eyes which were concealed
by pretty bows-a pretty yellow. \ leeds
vase was one OF the ornaments, white
candlestick, which held yellow twisted
candle choice bit of ROYAL " orcester, which
were among the possessions, and, of course,
other ornaments about the apartment. A
bird sang i'll a brass wire cage, harmonizing
with the decorations. The effect was like
fairyland, and i'll spite OF this fact the pretty
owner of all Informed me that this charming
result was reached at a cost not exceeding
twenty five dollars. Il would be difficult to !
say which was the moro beautiful, tho whit: J
room" with its gorgeousHaaS and white piano, !
which apartment cost IN the EeiShborhood Of /
$4,000, or that Of he pretty young house |
wife who, with little money and much taste !
and industry, has created an apartment, |
unique, beautiful, and better than all, show /
ing her own indis iduality.-New York Mail !
and Express,